Future Café is a student-organized series that provides the opportunity and space for undergraduates to collectively imagine utopian possibilities and long-term futures. Join us for our next meeting to discuss what rights will look like 100, 500, or 5,000 years from now.
At a time where individual freedoms are increasingly under threat, how might the inalienable human rights once held sacred be impacted as a result? The contemporary western model, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, brought about in 1948, has invariably changed the world as we know it. Does such a historical model still hold in light of recent political events? What does the upholding of these rights look like? What changes must be made to make sure that these self defined “universal rights” are truly upheld equitably for all? What might an intersectional approach to this universal concept look like? What changes must be made to bring the model into the 21st century and beyond? What are the ramifications of breaching such doctrines, and who, or what, must be held accountable? Is it possible to imagine a future without them, and if not, what impact might they have on society in the distant future?
This event is free and open to all University of Chicago undergraduate students; registration is recommended.
